Taylor, TX Swimming Pools & Spas: Pool Permits (2026)
Swimming pool permit rules in Taylor, TX, also covering above-ground pools, in-ground pools, and spa installations, set fencing, barrier, alarm, and inspection requirements.
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2020 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code
- Governing law
- City Code § 26-1, § 26-2
- Residential permit fee
- $100.00 plus $15.00 inspection fee
- Commercial permit fee
- $250.00 plus $15.00 inspection fee
- Adopted by
- Ordinance No. 2021-31, October 14, 2021
Summary
Taylor requires a building permit for any residential swimming pool, spa or sauna, reviewed under the 2020 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code adopted at City Code § 26-1. The city's fee schedule prices a residential pool permit at $100.00 plus plan review and inspection fees, and a commercial pool permit at $250.00.
[There is hereby adopted by the city the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, 2020 Edition, except the changes and amendments hereafter set out which is for the public safety, health, and general welfare of the city and its citizens.] ... J. Residential Swimming Pool, Spa & Sauna. Fee + plan review + inspection fees. $100.00 $15.00 ... K. Commercial Swimming Pool. Fee + plan review + inspection fee. $250.00 $15.00
Full Breakdown
Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances adopts the pool construction rules a Taylor resident must follow. Section 26-1 states the city has adopted the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, 2020 Edition, except the changes and amendments set out in the chapter, by Ordinance No. 2021-31 on October 14, 2021, and § 26-2 walks through the local amendments to that model code, including a rewritten title section naming it the Swimming Pool and Spa Code of the City of Taylor and a fee-schedule cross-reference in place of the model code's own fee section.
00 companion fee. Because § 26-2(e) deletes Section 108 of the model code outright, appeals of a code official's pool decision run through whatever general building-appeal process the city has adopted elsewhere in its building codes rather than the deleted model-code appeals board. A homeowner installing an in-ground or above-ground pool, spa or hot tub therefore needs to pull a permit before construction, pay the plan review and inspection fees set in Appendix B, and build to the amended International Swimming Pool and Spa Code standards the city enforces, covering barriers, alarms, and drain and suction entrapment protections found in that model code.
Violations & Fines
Building, altering or operating a residential or commercial pool, spa or sauna in Taylor without the permit required under § 26-1's adopted code is a code violation enforceable the same as any other unpermitted building work. The city collects the $100.00 residential or $250.00 commercial permit fee, plus the $15.00 companion inspection fee, from the Appendix B fee schedule before work may proceed, and an unpermitted pool is subject to the city's standard stop-work and correction process for uninspected construction.
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